A friend tipped me off to this rather esoteric new story regarding an alleged gathering of owls near the Cahokia Mounds in the Midwest, which clearly signals the beginning of the end. Although Cahokia employees deny the incident and the entire story reads like the maniacal ramblings of a conspiracy theorist, and never specifies exactly who, other than the author, prophecies that owl parliaments herald destruction, there is at least one picture taken in that general area of the country of an astounding number of owls. There was a better picture on the photographer’s blog, but it seems the entire piece on short-eared owls has been removed from his site, mostly likely because of the crazy fodder it was providing. I found this piece particularly interesting in that I have had two very “numinous” (magical) dreams of owls in the past month and have been seeing owls on clothing and artwork everywhere I turn. Apparently owls (and delightful owl puns) are in this year, so my seeing them everywhere doesn’t mean anything special…or does it? Raise eyebrow, cue Twilight Zone theme:
Original Story:
Parliament of Owls Gives ‘Final Warning’ To America
Photograph of Gathering:
Short Ears Aplenty Out There
Fashion Stories:
What A Hoot!
whoa. reminds me of the sturgeon ball!
Yikes!
Here’s to hoping that maybe a sewer main just collapsed, releasing a horde of rodents, attracting the parliament. I am not Collapse-ready just yet!
Either that or the Guardians of Ga’Hoole are in town.
Or some kid out there in Missouri isn’t getting their Hogwarts acceptance letter.
An owl has recently settled outside my house.
you know it
We don’t know what will happen, or when. But there are owls at the Roadhouse.
Update- I continue to see owl art everywhere, saw a real Great horned owl in mid-day while driving and have had more owl dreams, including butchering owls and eating their organs raw!
Interesting. I live a couple hours drive SW of Cahokia, and never heard of this.
Found a bit of lore for you regarding the creatures: http://www.lakhota.com/extras/articles/owlomens.htm
Last December when I was at the Poverty Point Mounds in Louisiana, I did notice that one of the totems that appeared lost frequently in the artifacts was an owl. I remember speaking with the park’s interpreter about it, trying to figure out how the cultures of the various city states within the trade network of the Hopewell tradition might have affected each other over time. Cahokia and Poverty Point being two of the largest mound sites accessible via the Mississippi river in the distant past, it stands to reason that some of the beliefs of one group may have been similar to those of the other group.
Now I’m going to have to go check Cahokia out, and look for similarities with Poverty Point.
Sorry to hear you’ve been having numinous experiences involving owls. Out where I am, I hear and see them quite regularly, but having them come into dreams is another thing altogether.